Californians now have first-in-the-nation advance public notice of hazardous agricultural pesticide use. A huge coalition win that took years of struggle. "The obligation to endure gives us the right to know" ~ Rachel Carson insideclimatenews.org/news/2603202...

California’s new pesticide notification system is a huge step forward, farmworker advocates say. But, @ca4pesticidereform.bsky.social co-director Angel Garcia added, “Our communities have loudly and consistently demanded the exact location to be revealed, but today’s system does not have that.”

Honored to win a #SABEW award w/@peteraldhous.com for our #regulatorycapture and #pesticides series. The 1st story shows how #EPA used industry science to ignore 1,3-D cancer risk insideclimatenews.org/news/2708202.... The 2nd shows who's suffering as a result insideclimatenews.org/news/2012202...

Another great piece by @lizagross.bsky.social on the cancer-causing fumigant pesticide 1,3-D, banned in 40 countries, but used in huge quantities in CA and few have even heard of it. insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...

#Farmworkers, their families and allies appealed to #California regulators’ sense of fairness with emotional stories illustrating how their policies hurt mostly the people who feed the nation, primarily Latino and Indigenous workers, and their loved ones. insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...

Today is the last day for comments on the CA Department of Pesticide Regulation's 1,3-D occupational bystander rule. Email comments to DPR at [email protected].

"DPR you can't hide, we can see your racist side!" www.pesticidereform.org/farmworker-c...

Sign the petition! Tell the CA Dept of Pesticide Regulation to follow the science and protect all Californians from cancer-causing 1,3-dichloropropene act.sierraclub.org/actions/Cali... @sierraclub.bsky.social

The CA Dept of Pesticide Regulation must follow the science and protect us all from cancer-causing 1,3-dichloropropene! Please sign and share! @pesticideaction.bsky.social www.panna.org/action/deman...

Sign the petition! Tell the CA Dept of Pesticide Regulation to follow the science and protect all Californians from cancer-causing 1,3-dichlororpropene action.foe.org/page/78068/a...

Please sign the petition calling on DPR to follow the science and protect all Californians from cancer-causing 1,3-dichloropropene! earthjustice.org/action/calif... @earthjustice.bsky.social

"When 1,3-D is applied to soil, it turns into a gas that can poison the air, pollute waterways, and lead to serious health illnesses — possibly even cancer. Help keep this carcinogen out of the environment." Click and send a letter to DPR! act.biologicaldiversity.org/Q0IacnqfH0yQ...

About 240,000 pounds of cancer-causing 1,3-D are applied in Santa Cruz County every year, often adjacent to homes and schools.

NEW with @lizagross.bsky.social for Inside Climate News: Agricultural Poisons Tell a Tale of Two Californias insideclimatenews.org/news/2012202...

How can California, widely hailed as an environmental leader, let its most vulnerable populations bear the brunt of growers' reliance on dangerous agricultural chemicals? Grateful to @paldhous.bsky.social for helping me dig into pesticide data #regulatorycapture insideclimatenews.org/news/2012202...

Pleased to make interactive maps and charts to explore applications of toxic soil fumigants across California for this @insideclimatenews.org piece with @lizagross.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2012202...

California has the nation’s strictest pesticide regulations. Yet, it still allows growers to apply millions of pounds of the cancer-causing fumigant 1,3-D every year, with Latino and Indigenous communities bearing the brunt of exposure.

Here's the methodology, data, and code for the analysis of applications of the fumigants 1,3-D and chloropicrin github.com/InsideClimat...

“When we won that lawsuit, the only thing we got was a monitor to show that we are being exposed....But nothing has been done to reduce the amount of exposure that our students are living with.”